Vidya Balan starts preparing for Kamala Surayya biopic, tweets pic

“As i prepare to tell ‘your story’ Kamala Das,” Vidya tweeted a picture of her being engrossed in the biopic of the author.

As part of the preparation, Vidya, who has her roots in Kerala, is also learning Malayalam for the film. Malayalam actress SreeDhanya has been reportedly been training her in the language.

The film also stars Malayalam superstar Prithviraj. Previously, he had worked with Vidya in Santhosh Sivan’s period drama Urmi, in which she had played an extended cameo role.

According to reports, the crew will start shooting for Aami on September 25 in Kerala. And some portions of the film will also be shot in Delhi and Mumbai.

The ‘Dirty Picture’ star is also waiting for her next release, ‘Kahaani 2’, which also stars Arjun Rampal and is directed by Sujoy Ghosh. The film is scheduled to release on November 25.

As i prepare to tell ‘your story’ Kamala Das 🙏💐. pic.twitter.com/Fwkydldz5M

— vidya balan (@vidya_balan) September 11, 2016

Meanwhile, she will also be seen in Begum Jaan, which is directed by Srijit Mukherji.